Summary Calendar VIRGIL E. MATHIS v. JAMES D. ROCHE, Secretary U.S. Air Force

*Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the Court has determined that this opinion should not be
published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R.
47.5.4.
United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
F I L E D
June 4, 2003
Charles R. Fulbruge III
Clerk
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
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No. 02-51388
Summary Calendar
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VIRGIL E. MATHIS,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
JAMES D. ROCHE, Secretary U.S. Air Force,
Defendant-Appellee.
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Appeal from the United States District Court for the
Western District of Texas
02-CV-10
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Before BARKSDALE, DEMOSS, and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Appellant Virgil Mathis (Mathis) appeals from an adverse summary judgment denying his
employment discrimination claim against the Secretary of the Air Force (Secretary). The district
court assumed that Mathis established a prima facie case but concluded that Mathis failed to offer any

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evidence to show that the Secretary’s proferred legitimate non-discriminatory reasons for its
employment decision were pretextual. Mathis’s brief makes no argument directed to the district
court’s adverse finding on pretext, nor does it properly cite to the record or any authorities in support
of Mathis’s general argument that the summary judgment was improper. In short, Mathis has waived
his arguments by submitting an inadequate brief. Moreover, our independent review of the record
and summary judgment evidence convinces us the district court correctly determined that Mathis
presented no evidence to rebut the Secretary’s non-discriminatory reasons/or its employment
decisions.
AFFIRMED

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